Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecutedHart, W. H. (William Henry)
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Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted
Hart, W. H. (William Henry)
Prohibited books -- England -- Bibliography
"For libelling the Justice of the Nation, by making the world
believe that Sir Edmundbury Godfrey murdered himself."
The following is a copy of the information:--
Memorandum quod Robertus Sawyer miles, Attornatus domini Regis
nunc Generalis, qui pro eodem domino Rege in hac parte sequitur,
in propria persona sua venit hic in curiam dicti domini Regis,
coram ipso Rege apud Westmonasterium, die Mercurii proximo post
quindenam Paschæ isto eodem termino, et pro eodem domino Rege dat
curiæ hic intelligi et informari, quod die Martis proximo post
crastinum Purificationis Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, termino Sancti
Hillarii annis regni domini Caroli Secundi nunc Regis Angliæ &c.
tricesimo et tricesimo primo, in curia dicti domini Regis coram
ipso Rege apud Westmonasterium, eadem curia apud Westmonasterium
in comitatu Middlesexiæ tunc tenta existente, per sacramentum
duodecim juratorum proborum et legalium hominum comitatus
Middlesexiæ prædictæ tunc et ibidem juratorum et oneratorum ad
inquirendum pro dicto domino Rege et corpore comitatus prædicti,
extitit præsentatum quod Robertus Greene nuper de parochia Sanctæ
Mariæ le Strond in comitatu Middlesexiæ Laborer, [ ] Gerrald nuper
de parochia prædicta in comitatu prædicto clericus, Henricus
Berry nuper de parochia prædicta in comitatu prædicto Laborer,
Laurencius Hill nuper de parochia prædicta in comitatu prædicto
Laborer, Dominicus Kelly nuper de parochia prædicta in comitatu
prædicto clericus, et Philbert Vernat nuper de parochia prædicta
in comitatu prædicto Laborer, Deum præ oculis suis non habentes,
sed instigatione diabolica moti et seducti, duodecimo die Octobris
anno regni domini Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliæ Scotiæ Franciæ
et Hiberniæ Regis Fidei Defensoris &c. tricesimo, vi et armis
&c. apud parochiam Sanctæ Mariæ le Strond prædictæ in comitatu
Middlesexiæ prædictæ in et super quendam Edmundum Berry Godfrey
militem, in pace Dei et dicti Domini Regis nunc adtunc et ibidem
existentem, felonice, voluntarie, et ex malitia sua præcogitata,
insultum fecerunt. Et quod prædictus Robertus Greene quoddam
sudarium panni lini _anglice a linen handkerchiffe_, valoris sex
denariorum, circa collum ipsius Edmundi Berry Godfrey adtunc
et ibidem felonice, voluntarie, et ex malitia sua præcogitata,
plicavit, et fixavit _anglice did fold, and fasten_. Et quod
prædictus Robertus Greene cum prædicto sudario sic per ipsum
Robertum Greene plicato et fixato circa collum ipsius prædicti
Edmundi Berry adtunc ipsum prædictum Edmundum Berry Godfrey
felonice, voluntarie, et ex malitia sua præcogitata, suffocavit
et strangulavit _anglice, choake and strangle_, de quibusquidem
suffocatione, et strangulatione ipsius Edmundi Berry Godfrey
prædicti, per ipsum prædictum Robertum Greene in forma prædicta
factis et perpetratis, ipse prædictus Edmundus Berry Godfrey adtunc
et ibidem instanter obiit. Et quod prædicti [ ] Gerrald, Henricus
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